Wed.Jul 10, 2024

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How Online Businesses can Master Inventory Management to Impact Operations

Retail TouchPoints

As an online business, your sales numbers won’t matter if you can’t deliver your customers’ orders efficiently. There’s an inventory sweet spot you’re always looking to achieve — not overstocking, not understocking, and still managing to keep up with changing buyer demands. Learning to master your inventory management processes can net significant bottom-line results in your ecommerce business.

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Kroger-Albertsons Merger Threatens Hundreds of Stores Nationwide

Retail Wire

The Kroger-Albertson merger has not yet been finalized, but the list of stores planned to be divested has been revealed.

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ACCC sues The Good Guys over dodgy promotions

Inside Retail

JB Hi-Fi’s subsidiary The Good Guys is facing legal action from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for alleged deceptive misrepresentations around its ‘StoreCash’ promotions. The ACCC said that The Good Guys ran 116 promotions between July 2019 and August last year, offering consumers a store credit or StoreCash if they spent a certain amount on qualifying products in its online or physical stores.

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Athletic Brewing $50M Equity Round: What We Know

Retail Wire

The Athletic Brewing Company is the largest non-alcoholic beer company in the United States.

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5 Tips for a Winning Category Management Strategy in 2025

Category Management is a cornerstone of a successful retail strategy. While it promotes collaboration between manufacturers and retailers to optimize category performance, challenges persist in its effective implementation due to hurdles in communication and collaboration across teams and partners, and more. In this guide, we outline five essential strategies for success in 2025 that will touch on all the essential pieces of a successful strategy and implementation.

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Walmart Expands Perishable Network with New DCs and Facility Expansions

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart will increase support for its grocery operations with enhancements to its perishable network, including five new high-tech perishable distribution centers (DCs), expansions to four traditional perishable DCs and a retrofit of the retailer’s Winter Haven, Fla. DC with the latest technology. One of the new DCs, in Shafter, Calif., has been operational since 2021, and the second, in Lancaster, Texas, is ramping up operations.

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Samsung Union Workers Go on Indefinite Strike

Retail Wire

The union disagrees with management over pay and working policies.

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Krispy Kreme Announces 87th Birthday Promo

Retail Wire

Krispy Kreme is celebrating its 87th anniversary by offering a dozen glazed doughnuts for just 87 cents on Friday, July 12.

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How The Reject Shop’s merchandise strategy adapted to the cost-of-living crisis

Inside Retail

Much like the broader retail industry, The Reject Shop is facing inflationary pressures but it remains focused on its mission to provide value to its customers. “By shopping with us, customers save money,” Amy Eshuys, The Reject Shop’s chief operating officer, told Inside Retail. “We work hard to keep our overall costs of doing business low so we can maintain our price advantage versus other retailers,” said Eshuys.

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Tesla’s Market Share Dips Below 50% for the First Time

Retail Wire

Tesla's share of the U.S. electric vehicle market fell below 50% for the first time in the second quarter, dropping to 49.7% from 59.3% a year earlier.

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Designing with Data: Keeping Retailers Ahead of the Trends

Retail TouchPoints

Whether a retail location, office building, hotel or healthcare environment, designing to support client objectives requires bringing to bear as much relevant information as possible. At Dyer Brown our approach, regardless of typology, emphasizes pre-design investigation: combining market research and surveys with collaborative stakeholder visioning sessions produces critical data that will inform the design process.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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It’s all about experience: Fujifilm’s new Sydney store concept

Inside Retail

Fujifilm Australia has relocated its first brand experience facility, Fujifilm House of Photography, to a larger location in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. First opened in 2022 , the facility is now located at 263 George Street and is the world’s third Fujifilm House of Photography, after Japan and London. The centre aspires to be “an interactive hub” that will inspire and motivate customers to experience everything Fujifilm has to offer, from photo shooting to photo producti

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Etsy Updates Policies, Debuts Ad Campaign in Bid to ‘Keep Commerce Human’

Retail TouchPoints

During the pandemic, Etsy ’s seller community nearly doubled , according to CEO Josh Silverman. But since that time, this marketplace for makers has faced increasing competition from other retailers, such as Amazon and Michaels , which have edged in on its “handmade” turf — while at the same time combating an influx of factory-made products from international sellers.

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The Mirage Casino To Give Away $1.6 Million in Prizes

Retail Wire

Due to its upcoming closure, The Mirage casino in Las Vegas has been mandated by Nevada regulations to distribute $1.6 million in unclaimed progressive jackpots before it closes.

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Pinterest and Primal Kitchen Tap Cooking Creators for Summer Pop-Ups

Retail TouchPoints

After hosting successful pop-up shops with apparel brands like Abercrombie and Anthropologie , Pinterest is digging into the culinary world by partnering with condiment and sauce brand Primal Kitchen. The companies are bringing the Colorful Kitchen Pop-Up to Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City to showcase Primal Kitchen’s best-selling products and highlight Pinterest’s highly curated food and kitchen trends.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Von Dutch sold. New owners promise to expand global footprint

Inside Retail

Hollywood fashion and lifestyle brand Von Dutch has been sold to brand management firm WSG Brands and is set for further global expansion. Former owners Groupe Royer and its subsidiary Royer Brands International completed the transfer of ownership last month. Following the acquisition, Von Dutch will be headed by Jack Cheika and Marc Benitez, WSG’s CEO and COO.

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Ikea Exec: Stores’ Expanded Fulfillment Role Key to Maintaining Lower Prices

Retail TouchPoints

Ikea stores, long known as warehouse-sized selling spaces scented with the wafting aroma of Swedish meatballs, have been shrinking and changing functions in recent months — including taking a bigger role in last mile fulfillment. While this shift has helped the retailer reduce lead times for greater efficiency, it also created a challenge for store designers: allocating space for fulfillment functions “without compromising on the exploration and the way we make products come to life,” said Sara

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7-Eleven reveals new CEO, Angus McKay exits for $1.9m Bapcor role

Inside Retail

Angus McKay, 7-Eleven CEO since 2016, is moving into the automotive world as executive chair and CEO at Bapcor. Bapcor’s core business is the automotive aftermarket which includes ABS, Autobarn and Midas in its retail portfolio. The AFR reports the appointment comes hot on the heels of Bapcor’s knockback of an unsolicited all-cash $1.83 billion buyout from Bain Capital.

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Over 1,300 US Stores Are Set To Close This Year

Retail Wire

According to a recent Business Insider compilation of reports from nine retail chains, over 1,330 stores across the U.S. have either closed or are scheduled to close in 2024.

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SEO vs. PPC: Which Strategy Is Best for Your Business?

When it comes to driving traffic and growing your online presence, businesses often ask: SEO or PPC—what’s the better choice? This guide breaks down the key differences between search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, highlighting their pros, cons, and best use cases. Whether you’re looking for long-term organic growth or immediate visibility through paid ads, we’ll help you determine which strategy—or combination of both—is right for your business.

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Hong Kong retail sales remain grim: Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Inside Retail

Hong Kong retail sales continue to experience a recession, reporting a double-digit drop in two consecutive months in May and a 6.1 per cent decrease for the first five months of this year. The prolonged downturn has led many to wonder what the future holds for the industry. What is happening? A government spokesman said the decline in sales was mainly due to the changes in the consumption patterns of visitors and residents, as well as the strength of the Hong Kong dollar.

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Co-op becomes first retailer to publish socioeconomic pay gap report

Retail Gazette

Co-op has become the first retailer in the UK to publish a socioeconomic pay gap report, putting a spotlight on the difference in pay between colleagues from different socioeconomic backgrounds. The convenience chain said the report will help inform its social mobility strategy and the actions it needs to close the pay gap. The business collected voluntary data from 48% of its 57,000 colleagues across the UK between April 2023 to April 2024 and found it has a mean pay gap of 5.2% between staff f

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Melbourne retailer Baby & Kids in court over worker abuse

Inside Retail

Baby & Kids is facing a legal action from the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) after allegedly failing to pay a former worker proper wages and entitlements. The FWO says the action was taken after it learned that Baby & Kids did not pay a worker – employed full-time in an e-commerce role from January to October 2022 – any wages for her final two weeks of work.

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Walmart Faces a Class-Action Lawsuit Due to Inaccurate Price Labels

Retail Wire

Walmart faces a class-action lawsuit following a ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on July 3.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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ARA voices concern over NSW Anzac Day trading ban

Inside Retail

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has voiced its concern after the NSW government decided to extend the Anzac Day trading ban starting next April, from 1pm to midnight. The ban will apply to retail traders such as supermarkets and fashion retailers, while small businesses, markets, cafes, chemists, newsagencies and takeaway restaurants are exempt.

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NGL App Unfairly Marketed to Kids and Teens, Says FTC Ruling

Retail Wire

The FTC took action against NGL Labs, the creator of the popular anonymous messaging app.

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Apple leads jump in global PC shipments

Inside Retail

Global shipments of personal computers rose by 3 per cent in the second quarter, helped by demand for AI-capable devices, with Apple seeing the biggest growth among PC makers, preliminary data from research firm IDC showed on Tuesday. PC shipments reached 64.9 million units in the three months ended June, marking a second straight quarter of growth after two years of decline, the report said.

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Husqvarna unveils new store design for enhanced customer experience

Retail Focus

HUSQVARNA unveils its updated global store design concept, to reflect the brand’s Nordic heritage. With flexibility and modularity as the guiding principles, Husqvarna has created a concept that caters to the needs and store space of each dealer, whilst enhancing the end-customer experience. The new store concept is available to dealers this season.

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Create SEO-Friendly Content to Boost Traffic & Engagement

Creating SEO-friendly content is key to improving your website’s visibility and attracting more visitors. This guide walks you through best practices for writing optimized content, including keyword placement, proper formatting, and engaging writing techniques. Whether you’re crafting blog posts, landing pages, or product descriptions, these proven SEO strategies will help your content rank higher and keep readers engaged.

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Shein launches collection with US luxury label Monse

Inside Retail

Online fast-fashion retailer Shein and US luxury label Monse have launched a new collection for the Shein X program, an initiative to support independent artists and designers. Established in 2015 by Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia – co-creative directors for Oscar de la Renta–Monse is known for its ‘deconstructed tailoring and asymmetry’ The collection includes styles from five independent designers – Oxana Goralczyk (France), Jade Breyon (USA), Mathilde Lhomme (France), Aliya Brown (

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Innovations Taking Live Stream E-Commerce to the Next Level

Retail Focus

Today, technology is evolving at a rapid rate – so much so that, what was once an innovative idea of its own, live streaming for e-commerce is seeing a wave of fresh ideas. So, let’s take a look at some of the technology making for the next generation of live stream e-commerce. OCR Optical character recognition (OCR) uses a camera lens to capture an image, which is then transformed into a machine-readable format.

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How Both& is building an apparel brand for trans and non-binary consumers

Inside Retail

Finnegan Shepard is the unexpected brand founder who did. An academic turned entrepreneur, Shepard studied philosophy and literature at Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Cambridge before launching Both&, a brand that designs clothing for people who identify as transmasculine, nonbinary and gender non-conforming. Shepard was inspired to start the brand based on his own experiences searching for such products, and he knew other consumers were looking for the same thing.

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Nike taps former executive Tom Peddie to return as vice president of marketplace partners

Retail Dive

The 30-year veteran of the athletics retailer, who retired in 2020, is set to return as the company shifts its direct-to-consumer strategy.

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AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype

AI is rapidly transforming digital commerce, but how do you separate real opportunities from hype? Moderated by Orium, AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype , experts from Bloomreach , commercetools , Contentstack , and Fluent Commerce explores where AI is already delivering results and where its potential is still unfolding. This masterclass dives into proven AI applications, emerging innovations , and the gaps between promise and reality in commerce.